Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 30,418, Barzillai Field, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass
Field, Barzillai
NUMBER
S. 30.418
CONTENTS

15.636 Massachusetts Bazillai Field of Plymouth in the State of Mass. a who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Pierce of the Regt. commanded by Col. Hovey in the Mass. a line for 9 mos & 4 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass. a at the rate of 30 Dollars 44 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 day of Feb. 1838 and sent to Supt Sylvester North Bridgewater Ms. Arrears to the 14th of Sept 1837 $197.60 Pemi-anl. allowance ending Mar 38 = 15.20
$212.80
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. H. Addison Cle Book C Vol. 2 a Page 26
Increased from $29.

Barzillai Field
27543.

REVOLUTIONARY PENSIONERS.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
COUNTY OF PLYMOUTH, ss.
ON this Second day of October 1832, personally appeared in open Court, before Wilkes Wood Esquire, Judge of the Court of Probate now sitting at East Bridgewater within and for said County of Plymouth, Banzillai Field a resident of North Bridgewater in said County of Plymouth, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged Seventy years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State. That is to say, that he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. He enlisted into a company of Massachusetts militia, commanded by Abiel Pierce of Middleborough, in the month of September 1776, marched from Bridgewater to Roxbury near Boston, thence to Dorchester heights, & there laboured in erecting fortifications; the whole of this term of service being three months. The regiment was commanded by Coll. Dyke. At the end of the three months was dismissed without a written discharge.
In the month of April 1777 he enlisted into a company of Massachusetts militia, commanded by Edward Cobb of Hington, in the war of the revolution. He marched with said company from Bridgewater to Bristol, Rhode Island: was stationed at Bristol two months in said Cobb's company - one Basset of Bridgewater and Hayward of the same Town were Lieutenants - Col. Hawes commanded the regiment. at the end of two months, was dismissed without a written discharge.
In the month of July 1778 he enlisted into a company of Massachusetts militia commanded by John Ames of Bridgewater, in the war of the revolution. He marched with said company from Bridgewater to Providence Rhode Island - was sent back with several other soldiers under Cary Howard a sergeant in said company, to arrest several soldiers who had refused to join said company at Providence. They arrested the delinquents and

and compelled them to join said company at Providence; he was in service under said Captain Ames three weeks, at the end of which time he was dismissed without a written discharge. The subalterns under Cap n Ames were Jesse Howard & Daniel Hayward, both of Bridgewater; the regiment was commanded by one Peck, who was under General Sullivan.
In the month of July 1780. he enlisted into a company under the command of Jacob Pool of Abington, in the war of the revolution, for the term of three months; marched with said company from Bridgewater to Claverick in New York, which was called the rendezvous. From Claverick marched to Albany, thence to Schoharie in New York & was stationed there three months: was stationed at the fort at the time the Town of Schoharie was burnt by the enemy. Isaiah Fuller of Bridgewater was Lieutenant in said Company. The Regiment was commanded by Col o Brown, & Major Woolsey. At the end of the three months, was discharged without any written certificate thereof.
No battle occurred during either of the aforementioned terms of service.
Bargillai Field
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforementioned
Attest Jacob Aloud Regista.

We, Eliphalel P. Crafts a clergyman, residing in the town of East Bridgewater and Jesse Perkins a Magistrate residing in the town of North Bridgewater hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Barzillai Field who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and we concur in that opinion.
Eliphalel P. Crafts Jesse Perkins
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Attest Jacob H. Lord Register
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Rev Eliphalel P. Crafts who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the town of East Bridgewater and that Jesse Perkins Esq who has also signed the same, is a resident in the town of North Bridgewater and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
By the Court Attest Jacob H. Lord Register
I, Jacob H. Lord Register of the Court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Barzillai Field for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of my office, this second day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two .
Jacob H. Lord

21543 Baryllai Field Map
Plate 8 Mar 21 day sh d be 9 mo 4 d, $30.44
J A Lord Plymouth Map

BRIEF in the case of  60 of Plymouth
Bereyillai Field  in the State of Mass  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Concord  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 70  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years. Months. Days. As a Gen.     Mass Middlesex In 1776. volunteer 3 Private Capt. Dine Col. Dyer   April 1777. " 2 " Capt. Cobb Col. Warren   July 1778. " 21 " Capt. Army Col. Peck   " 1780. " 3 13 " Capt. Pool Col. Brown   0  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none mentioned  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Middleborough Mass  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? traditional some living witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
George Taylor
Examining Clerk.

30 418 INVALID. Revy
File No. 30 418
Burgillai File Es Rev Mr
Act: June 7 th 39
Index:—Vol. 9 , Page 138
[Arrangement of 1870.]

15.6.34 Massachusetts
Barzillai Field
of Plymouth in the State of Massachusetts who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Pierce of the Regt commanded by Col Dyke in the Mass. Line for 8 Mo & 20 days
Issue No 30:44
Col J. Gilchrist Aug 29. 1835
Inserted on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 29 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 th day of July 1833 and sent to I. H. D. Plymouth Mass
Arrears to the 14th of Mar 1833 $ 58.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept. - 14.50
72.50
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. G. B. Clerk, Book E Vol. D Page 25.

21513 Bargillai Field

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Barzillai Tull which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yy II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yy III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yy V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? yy VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yy VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yy VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yy IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yy X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yy

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? yy XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? yy Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? yy XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? yy XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yy XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? yy
 EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
‡QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
‡QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

Payments to be made at Boston Mass by Mrs. M. W. Bank Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of Mass
Recorded in the Pension Of- fice, in Book E Vol. 2 Page 25 by M. W. Bank Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Barzillai Field of the State of Massachusetts who was a Private in the Army of the Revolution is entitled to receive Twenty Nine dollars and cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this Second day of July one thousand eight hundred and thirty- three
John P. Robb Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned. }
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.
John P. Robb

I Zachariah Gurney of North Bridgewater in the county of Plymouth and Commonwealth of Massachusetts of Lawful age, do testify & say, that, I am acquainted with Barzilla Field of North Bridgewater in the county of Plymouth & Commonwealth aforesaid, and am knowing to his serving as a private in the War of the revolution two months as a volunteer in Bristol, & Heidelberg Rhinefield in the company commanded by Capt. Cobb. & Col. Howells Regiment, and I the said deponent served in the same company & same Regiment & was discharged at the same time & I the said deponent further testify & say that I was knowing to his living on Dorchester heights in the summer or fall of 1775. and was said at that time to be for three months. Zachariah Gurney
Plymouth S.S. August 2 nd 1832 personally appeared the above named Zachariah Gurney and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed before me, and I certify that I am personally acquainted with the deponent and he is considered & reported to be a man of veracity.
George Clark Justice of the Peace

Wadsworth Mt Jan 15 th Hon John L. Edwards Esq. Commr of Pensions City Washington
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To the Hon. John L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions
Dear Sir
Benjamin Field of North Bridgewater in the County of Plymouth Commonwealth of Massachusetts who served as a private soldier in the War of the Revolution in the Company of Capt Jacob Root in the year 1780 and who was allowed only for three months service instead of three months and eighteen days, he wishes to know if he may return his pension certificate and receive one embracing the whole time service
Respectfully
15 Jan y 1838
Yours A. Root
Joseph Silvester
Vol 22 p 38 3m 13d

N Bridgewater Mass July 3 33
Feb 67
Hon. James L. Edwards Esq r
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Commissioner of Pensions
Mr. A. B. Mss.
City Washington
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By the Hon. Jas Edwards Esq r
Commissioner of Pensions
Dear Sir
Enclosed is the Pension Certificate of Benjamin Field given him for services in the War of the Revolution for which he was allowed only three months in Capt Jacob Root's Company in the year 1780 which ought to have been three months & eighteen days according to the Roll as returned by Capt Root
Respectfully
Yours
W. Sed
No Bridgewater 2 Feb 1838
Joseph Silvester
3045 213 08 277 203

I Bethuel Field of North Bridgewater in the County of Plymouth and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, of lawful age, do testify & say that I am acquainted with Barzillai Field of North Bridgewater aforesaid, and am knowing to his going into the army as a private soldier in the war of the revolution. About the month of July 1778, the said deponent being then fifteen years of age, was knowing to the said Barzillai Field's enlisting into a company of Massachusetts Militia, commanded by Cap n John Ames of Bridgewater; said Barzillai Field marched with said company to Providence in Rhode Island; in a few days after he went from home, he the said Barzillai returned to Bridgewater, together with several other soldiers of said Ames's company, under Cary Howland a sergeant of said company, and by orders of the said Captain, arrested several soldiers belonging to said company who had refused to join said company at Providence. He the said Barzillai Field returned to Providence R. Island, with the said sergeant & the delinquents, and remained about two weeks longer, when he returned home, having been in service under said Cap n John Ames three weeks.
Bethuel Field
Plymouth ss. October 1 st . A.D. 1832. Personally appeared the aforesaid Bethuel Field & made oath to the truth of the above deposition, by him subscribed; and I do certify that said deponent is a man of truth & veracity. Before me Jeps Perkins & Justice of the Peace.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Plymouth ss. I Jacob H. Lord Register of the Court of Probate for said County, do hereby certify that Jeps Perkins, Isaac Alden, George Clark & Jaren Whitman Esq d . are Justices of the Peace within & for said County & that I believe their names subscribed to these several certificates are true & genuine signatures.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this twenty ninth day of December A.D. 1832. Jacob H. Lord

I Nathan Alden of East Bridgewater in the County of Plymouth and Commonwealth of Massachusetts Esq being of lawfull age do testify and say that Brother = a Field of Dow of North Bridgewater in the upon 2d of Plymouth served as a soldier with me at Dorchester in the company of Militia under the command of Capt Abiel Pierce of Middleboro in the Regiment com- manded by Col Nicholas Dyer Three months from from the first of September to the first of December which was in the year of our Lord seventeen hundred seventy. I do also testify & say that then the said Field served as a soldier at Bristol one month with me in a company of Militia commanded by Capt Edward Cobb of Abing- ton in the Regiment under the command either of by Col Seth Cushing or Col Hawes which I am not certain which was partly in the month of April & partly in the month of May in the year of our Lord seventeen hundred & seven- ty I would further state said Field remained at Bristol some time after I left
Nathan Alden
Plymouth 1st August 1832 Then the above named Nathan Alden personally appeared and made oath that the above written statement by him subscribed was true in every part
Before me Isaac Alden Justice of the Peace
I certify that I am acquainted with Nathan Alden Esq, the above named Deponent and that he is a highly respectable citizen of the town of East Bridgewater & is a credible person Jacob Howland Register of Probate

I Jacob Pool of Hanson in the county of Plymouth Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawfull age do testify & say that I entered the service of the United States in the year eighteen hundred & eight & commanded a company of Militia for the term of three months in the town of Schenectady in the state of New York & was there at the time the Enemy burnt & destroyed said town & after forming a junction with other companies & with Genl Clinton on the Mohawk river we pursued the Enemy as far as the Garrison flats so called without being able to come up with them and they three months for which my men enlisted being expired they were dismissed and that Bragde Field of North Bridgewater was a private soldier in my company & served out his full term of three months
Jacob Pool
Plymouth ss
August 1. D 1832 Personally appeared the aforesaid Deponent & made oath to the truth of the above Deposition by him subscribed & I do certify that the deponent is a man of truth & veracity
Before me Jonathan
Justice of the peace